Moths & butterflies known to feed on birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus):

Species Status Match
Black-veined moth
Siona lineata
Critically Endangered this species
New forest
Zygaena viciae
Critically Endangered this species
Straw belle
Aspitates gilvaria
Endangered this species
Wood white
Leptidea sinapis
Endangered this species
Slender scotch
Zygaena loti
Endangered this species
Mouse moth
Amphipyra tragopoginis
Vulnerable this species
Dingy skipper
Erynnis tages
Vulnerable this species
Silver studded blue
Plebejus argus
Vulnerable this species
Portland moth
Actebia praecox
LC this species
Yellow belle
Aspitates ochrearia
LC this species
Six-belted clearwing
Bembecia ichneumoniformis
LC this species
Green hairstreak
Callophrys rubi
LC this species
The annulet
Charissa obscurata
LC this species
Ringed carpet
Cleora cinctaria
LC this species
Hoary footman
Eilema caniola
LC this species
Burnet companion
Euclidia glyphica
LC this species
Oak eggar
Lasiocampa quercus
LC this species
Grass eggar
Lasiocampa trifolii
LC this species
Belted beauty
Lycia zonaria
LC this species
Powdered quaker
Orthosia gracilis
LC this species
Common blue
Polyommatus icarus
LC this species
Chalk carpet
Scotopteryx bipunctaria
LC this species
Bordered grey
Selidosema brunnearia
LC this species
Six-spot burnet
Zygaena filipendulae
LC this species
Narrow-bordered five-spot burnet
Zygaena lonicerae
LC this species
Five-spot burnet
Zygaena trifolii
LC this species

Host-plant data: Cook et al. (2025), Traits data for the butterflies and macro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland, 2024, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology / Butterfly Conservation; and Padovani et al. (2020), Database of Insects and their Food Plants (DBIF), UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (both Open Government Licence). Contains data supplied by UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.